Chapter 406: The wolf howls
Yunlei was in good spirits. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info hurried towards the place where the voice sounded. According to the location shown by the GPS positioning, Yunlei has now arrived in Outer Mongolia, where Emperor Kangxi and Geerdan fought Zhao Moduo.
This place was also the battlefield of the year. It may also be a gathering place for ghosts. Yun Lei didn't believe that among the 100,000 living beings who died because of the war, none of them had an obsession that would not be extinguished and turned into ghosts, and it has survived to this day. If those ghosts are not in Ulan Butong, then they should be in Zhaomoduo.
And the herdsmen near Zhaomodo should know some news. Besides, even if Yun Lei didn't see ordinary people encountering wolves in order to inquire about the news, he would take action and help one or two.
After a few moments of rapid travel, Yun Lei reached the place where the wolves and the herdsmen confronted each other. Here, the night is dark, torches are held high, and the light of flashlights flickered. Dozens of herders gathered in one place to protect their cattle and sheep, as well as women, children and the elderly. Not far away, there are hundreds of pairs of faintly lit turquoise eyes, which are the murderous eyes of wolves in the grassland night.
Wolves are animals that are extremely adaptable to the environment and can be found on almost every continent in the world. Even in Australia, there are native thylacines.
According to zoologists, more than 2 million years ago, there were three of the most apex predators on Earth: the Titan Bird, the Saber-toothed Tiger and the Wolf. However, according to the memories of the woody ghost face obtained by Yun Lei. Two million years ago, there were many more exotic animals and apex predators that lived on Earth. However, the most abundant apex predators are these three types.
But millions of years later, the giant titan bird and the giant saber-toothed tiger with huge tusks have all gone extinct. The wolf is an animal that has survived and multiplied more and more widely. The main reason for this is because wolves fight in groups. Pups can be more effectively protected from poaching by other predators, but also can cooperate to attack the weaknesses of their prey. Makes predation more efficient.
Therefore, before the emergence of humans, wolves even became the species at the top of the food chain on the planet, whether it was tigers, bears, or even African lions, they were helpless against such hordes of predators.
After the appearance of humans, the living space of wolves was compressed by humans. Human tools can efficiently hunt all kinds of prey, including wolves. The vast majority of wolves that are unwilling to surrender to humans tend to become extinct. And the wolf, who was willing to surrender to humans, became another animal—a slave and companion of humans, dogs.
When the industrialization of human beings has not yet begun, and the plundering and exploitation of the natural world has not yet reached the extreme, wolves are in places that human footprints cannot reach. There can also be a place at the table. However, after the industrialization of human beings began and the efficiency of tools was greatly improved, wolves also began to be extinct on a large scale.
Once, Mongolia's steppe wolves were not only a hegemon in the Mongolian steppe. Moreover, it was once a totem worshipped by many nomads on the grassland. Legend has it that Genghis Khan's method of marching and arranging the formation was learned from the Mongolian steppe wolf.
However, after the large-scale hunting of wolves by humans. Today, the number of steppe wolves in Mongolia, including the grasslands in China and the grasslands in Outer Mongolia, is only a few thousand. At most, there are no more than 10,000.
And most of these wolves have been frightened and do not dare to appear in the human world again, but have run to the border areas that are inaccessible.
But in this inaccessible border area, the wolves are not having a good time. Because wolves are not the only wild animals that humans have killed on a large scale. On the grassland, including yellow sheep, wild horses and wild asses, all animals with some economic benefits are also hunted and killed on a large scale by humans.
Today, wolves can find food everywhere in the grasslands, and only small animals such as mice and rabbits remain. And these small animals cannot feed the wolves all year round, so in these border areas, because of hunger, the wolves will occasionally sneak up on the cattle and sheep raised by herdsmen.
In China, wolves are already protected animals, even when herders' cattle and sheep are attacked. Subsidies will also be issued, and the losses for herders will not be too large. Therefore, in China, if a herdsman encounters a wolf pack attacking the sheep, as long as the loss is not large, let him eat it. With the intimidation of a sheepdog, there is no danger. Because the losses are not large, the herders are too lazy to take risks. It's not a wise move to provoke the wolf.
But in Outer Mongolia, the herders' economic situation is not so good. After the withdrawal of cavalry and sabers from the stage of history. Life in Outer Mongolia is not easy, the speed of economic development is not fast, and there are not many resources. So far, it has been weakened to an extreme.
Not so long ago. In order to repay the 580 million Mayflower federal coins, Outer Mongolia actually began to appeal to ordinary people and commercial organizations to donate for the country. Many people in Outer Mongolia have sold their livestock, horses, jewelry, and jewelry in order to pay off the debt of 580 million federal dollars.
In this case, at the border between China and Outer Mongolia, it has become common for Outer Mongolian women to marry into China. Because marrying into Huaxia means that the living standards of themselves and their entire families will get a qualitative leap. It's like the women in the major cities of China today who want to marry the rich and handsome.
And the 580 million Mayflower federal currency, if placed in China, is only a certain county-level city in the southeast coastal area, and the investment quota can be taken out. It's not too much of a burden at all.
From this, it can be seen how poor Mongolia is. After the herdsmen's cattle, sheep and livestock were attacked by wolves, there would definitely be no subsidies, and the herdsmen could only consider themselves unlucky. In such a situation where the herdsmen are not rich in the first place, it is strange that they do not fight hard with the wolves who attack their cattle and sheep for the sake of their cattle, sheep and horses.
According to zoologists, wolves generally have only a few wolves. The most common, is a combination of seven wolves. Sometimes, the number of wolves in a pack may rise to thirty or forty. However, among the wolves that Yun Lei saw confronting the herdsmen, there were hundreds of wild wolves.
For a moment, the wolf howled. And so on.
Hundreds of wild wolves are dispatched together, and their hunting efficiency is not ordinarily high. By the time Yunlei arrived, several cattle and sheep had already fallen on the grassland, and were being eaten by wolves. The corpses were broken and covered with blood. The smell of blood is extreme. And the wolves are still confronting the herders. Intend to hunt more cattle, sheep and horses.
Among the herdsmen who confronted the wolves, there were about 30 young herdsmen, as well as many old and young women and children. The women were holding knives in their hands and protecting the children. The old man also had various weapons in his hands.